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(No Model.)

L. WEINGARTBN e D. GROTTA.

CORSET.

Patented Mer. 31, 1896.

l i I I l A TTOHNE YS.

'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEVINVEINGARTEN, OF NEV YORK, N. Y., AND DAVID GROTTA, OF NEV- ARK, NEWJERSEY, ASSIGNORS TO LEVI WEINGARTEN, DAVID VEIN- GARTEN, AND OSCARWEINGARTEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 557,460, dated March31, 1896.

Application filed J' uly 5, 1895. Serial No. 555,036l (No model.)

T @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LEVI VEINGARTEN, of New York, in the city andcounty of New York, and DAVID GROTTA, of Newark, in the county of Essexand State of New Jersey,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corsets, of whichthe follow- Lng is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to provide 1o a corset which willreadily adapt itself to the form of the user, and which will have, toattain this end, expansible parts that are capable of spreading orcontracting without exposing portions of the nether garments beneath thecorsets. This and other ends we attain by means of a stationary sectioniixed to the middle portion of the corset, and cooperating with twopockets formed at either side of an enlarged slit, and into whichpockets 2o the rigid portion aforesaid is received as the corset adjustsitself.

The invention will be fully described hereinafter and finally embodiedin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying 2 5 drawings, forming apartof this specification,

in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a corset constructed after the mannerof our invention and showing the same in use. Fig. 2 is a plan view of aportion of our improved corset and shown on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 isa sectional view lthereof on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. et is a planView of the parts 3 5 shown in Fig. 2, portions of the corset beingbroken away; and Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2.

A corset constructed after the manner of our invention is provided witha vertical slit 4o a, which extends from the lower edge of the corsetupwardly to a point just below the waist thereof, and which has pocketsb formed at each of its sides.

Extending vertically throughout the length of the corset is a flexiblestiffening-plate c, which has its lower portion securely fastened in atrapezoidal-shaped shield or section d,

and the sides of this shield are respectively received in the pockets b,so that they will be capable of moving in or out thereof, accord- 5o ingto the positions of the said pockets. The shield d is held in properrelative position to the pockets b by means of elastic straps e, whichare secured to the inner sides of the respective pockets b and to theadjacent sides of the shield, and by these means it is made impossiblefor the edges of the shield to be disconnected from their respectivepockets.

Secured to the inner sides of the outer por- 6o tions of the pocketsb,and at the adjacent edges thereof, is the elastic sheet f, which servesto maintain the edges of the slit a in the proper relative position, andwhich, because of its elasticity, permits the said edges to spread orcontract in adapting themselves to the size and form of the hips of theperson using the corset.

It will be readily seen that from the construction which we provide thecorset may 7o readily and effectively adapt itself to the conditionsattending its use, and that this adaptation will be effected withoutchanging the symmetrical shape of the corset and without effecting asimilar change in the form of the person using the same. It will also beseen that bymeans of the shield or stationary part d this adjustment isattained without forming a break in the corset and without exposinggarments beneath the same. 8o

Various changes in the form and embodiment of our invention may beresorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of ourinvention, the essentiality being the provision of a stationary shieldand the arrangement of the same in connection with a gore or adjustablepart.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 9o 1. A corset formed with a slit in one edgeand a pocket in each edge of the slit, and a shield permanently securedto the corset adjacent to the inner end of the slit with its sido edgessliding freely in the pockets thereof, speotively sliding freely in thepockets there substantially :is described. of, substantially asdescribed.

2. A corset having a slit in its edge `and LEVI VVEINGARTEN. having apocket in each edge of the slit, L DAVID GROTTA. 5 flexible strip heldon the body of the corset l/Titllesses:

sind passing through the slit, and t shield THOMAS MCC. JAMES, fixed tothe strip andhzwing its side edges re- CHAS. XV. JEROLEMAN.

